Read the passage: if you apply to become a registered protected world, there is a good chance you will be accepted on your first try! any intelligent species would be proud of such an honor. which best identifies the inferential meaning in this passage?

a. earth has a limited amount of time to apply for this honor.
b. the neptunians do not believe earth is worthy of their attention.
c. the earthlings can either join by choice, or they will be forced to do so.
d. earth has no chance of becoming a registered protected world.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance